Gaius Maecenas was born April 13, 70BC and died on October 8BC. He was the quasi-culture minister of Augustus, was born of Etruscan lineage, the grandson of Cicero, and took part in the campaigns of Mutina, Philipi, and Perusia. Maecenas was the biggest contributor to Roman poetry in the world. Virgil introduced Horace, Maecenas best poet, to Maecenas after Virgil himself was impressed with. Maecenas also had a famous Hellenistic-Persian gardens on the Esquilline hill on the Servian Wall. Next to it were libraries and the first hot water baths in Rome. His name has become the byword for a wealthy patron.
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